FAQs

Our KAL (knitalong) is free to participate in. The KAL isn’t a formal class, and you don’t have to attend every session. Drop in and out as you like. Come to each session with your materials and be surrounded by others making the same pattern!

During the sessions, Jamie will be on hand to demonstrate techniques and answer questions on your KAL.

To join in, sign up using the form below and come to the shop prior to the start date to pick out your yarn and any notions you don’t already have. Amy and Isabel will be in the shop to help you pick your correct size and yarn.

Cherry is a pullover that’s worked seamlessly from the top down with a small section of stranded colorwork dots at the neckline.

You can choose between four different sleeve shapes for your garment:

• Elbow-length Bell Sleeves (photos)

• Long Voluminous Sleeves (photos)

• Elbow-length Puff Sleeves (photos)

• Short Puff Sleeves (photos)

It is a relatively quick project at a loose gauge with big size needles. In spite of knitting with worsted weight yarn, the loose gauge gives soft, light texture and beautiful drape!

While it calls for worsted, the designer says that you can also use lace or fingering weight yarn as the main body yarn. Jamie used two laceweights held double in the sample she is wearing above! Do what is exciting for you to knit and what you love to wear :)

We suggest this pattern for very confident beginners and above.

During this pattern, you will work a garment seamlessly from the top down and do short sections of colorwork. You will use a cable cast on and german short rows, knitting through the back loop, i-cord bind offs, k2tog, kfb, and pick up stitches. The designer provides links to these techniques in the ravelry listing if you would like to see any of them beforehand.

The best way to learn a new skill is just to dive in. If these are new techniques for you, the group and Jamie will be there to guide you through it! Be prepared for a fun but challenging knit.

This pattern is written for 3 different size ranges: XS–M (L–XL, 2XL–3XL)

Body Measurements

XS–M: 81–94 cm / 32–37 inches

L–XL: 94–110 cm / 37–43 inches

2XL–3XL: 110–122 cm / 43–48 inches

Finished Bust Measurements

51 ¼ (57 ½, 61 ¾)”

This pattern is written with a considerable amount of ease (the amount of space between the garment and your body). This allows it to fit a wider range of sizes comfortably. you aren’t listed in the official size range, take a look at the finished measurements and pick a size based on the amount of ease you would like.

Does picking a size stress you out? We are always happy to take your measurements and help pick out the right size for you!

YARN REQUIREMENTS:
Yardage is excluding yarn for knitting swatch. Depending on your chosen size, you will need between 638 - 1422 yards (583 - 1300 m).

Elbow-length Bell Sleeves: MC: 725 (960, 1100) m / 793 (1055, 1213) yds CC: 25 m / 28 yds

Long Voluminous Sleeves: MC: 856 (1130, 1300) m / 936 (1245, 1432) yds CC: 25 m / 28 yds

Elbow-length Puff Sleeves: MC: 763 (1010, 1160) m / 834 (1110, 1277) yds CC: 25 m / 28 yds

Short Puff Sleeves: MC: 583 (770, 890) m / 638 (848, 975) yds CC: 25 m / 28 yds

This is a worsted weight yarn is recommended for this pattern by the designer, but she also says you can use lace or fingering weight!

We suggest using:

Lace

• Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair held double for the body and single for the dots (laceweight silk mohair)

• Emma’s Yarn or KraeO Suri Silk held single or double (laceweight suri alpaca)

Fingering

*Jamie recommends using a laceweight together with fingering if you choose this weight option

• Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Light (fingering weight non-superwash wool)

• Hedgehog Fibres Sock Yarn (fingering weight variegated superwash wool with a touch of nylon)

• Emma’s Yarn (fingering weight superwash hand dyed wool)

• Knitting for Olive Merino (fingering weight non-superwash wool)

• La Bien Aimee Merino Singles (fingering weight single ply hand dyed wool)

• La Bien Aimee Cashmerino (fingering weight hand dyed cashmere and wool yarn with a touch of nylon)

Worsted

• Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino (worsted weight non-superwash wool)

• Cascade Yarns Cascade 220 (worsted weight non-superwash wool)

• Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted (worsted weight non-superwash wool)

Jamie’s laceweight sample is available in the shop so that you can see what it looks like!

For this KAL, you’ll need:

• US 10 (6mm) needle as main needle.

• US 8 (5mm) needle for beginning of pattern (cast on and short rib). Adjust needle size if necessary to get gauge.

• One set of spare circular needles several sizes smaller than main needles

The suggested gauge is:

14.5 sts x 21 rows = 10 cm [4“], with main needle in stockinette stitch after wet blocking. If you can not get vertical gauge (rows), you can adjust body and sleeve length.

You will need:

• stitch markers (Midori recommends using a different color or distinctive marker for the end of round and each shoulder marker)

• darning needle

• waste yarn or barber cords